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Museum Of Bellas Artes - Days Ahead EP

  • Published in Singles

There’s always a danger of writing yourself into a corner when you release an obscure cover as your debut single – especially when it’s as good as last year’s thoroughly dance-friendly ‘Who Do You Love?’  For listeners unfamiliar with the source material of an unoriginal debut, a first encounter with a collection of original tracks can be alienating; especially if they were expecting material cut from the same cloth – an expectation the band is unlikely to be able to fulfil. And, indeed, this is the risk that Museum of Bellas Artes runs with debut EP Days Ahead. There’s no need to carry out an internet search to discover that ‘Who Do You Love?’ was actually penned by a sixties band called The Sapphires. Listening to these four new tracks makes the fact plain enough. And, of course, the make or break question for any band in this position is: can the self-penned material stand up to that beguiling debut cover song?

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